POSTAL MAIL S....S

Coonsie says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:11:

maybe you should have sent more than one,when mailing internationaly stuff can always happen...

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chrispej says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:22:

Well, I sent 5 boxes of stuff from Santiago, Chile via postal service to Colombia. It all arrived 3 weeks later. Go figure!

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Enrique187 says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:23:

one of my employees in Panama told me after the fact that I shouldn't send using USPS to Panama because stuff always gets stolen.

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manINred says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:30:

To be honest, I've sent big boxes over to Colombia using normal mail, as well as letters. They have all arrived safely with all of the contents. I wouldn't worry too much.

Canada however does not ship express and never guarantees deliveries. The dude at the post office 3 days agp spent about 10 minutes explaining to me how dangerous and violent Colombia and how I shouldn't expect my package to arrive there. It's all a bunch of pontification, in the end it generally arrives. touch wood

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miamimike says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:34:

Thats why I always send my Documents by Private carrier here in Miami by 2 -3 service door to door Servienterga, ABE express or as a last resort, Avianca Air Express. Colombia is not alone however in this aspect, many other south/central american countries are the same. What can you expect where the Postal workers are payed squat wage wise?

"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.

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bamacellist says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:44:

My experience sending letters and parcels to Barranquilla has been generally good. I had one parcel and one letter, sent the dame day, take a long time - almost a month, but all the other packages and letters have arrived safely and intact within at one-and-a-half and two weeks from US, including the Christmas season.

"The future is much like the present, only longer."

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Catfish35 says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:52:

Maybe its in DC with the Secret Service, watch out for the Black Crown Victoria and Zoot suits.
If it was fake they'll get'cha, jaja.
Just can't seem to squelched that "CB" counterfeit on the $100 dollar bill outta Pakistan.
Or just should have crimpled one corner of the bill. Seems everyone outside the USA only wants clean, flat, freshly pressed bills.
At least Colombia has addresses, that screwy Costa Rica, just goes by landmarks or what used to be landmarks!!

"So many guns, and so few brains". sam spade

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scotty says on Jan 16, 2008, 21:38:

I have sent items to Colombia I'd say about 10 times , 8 made 2 didnt. I will never mail items to Colombia again.

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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msaucey says on Jan 16, 2008, 21:46:

It really depends on what you're sending and how... I've sent letters in the past.... I think one letter to my grandmother took 1 month via regular mail..... I've also sent documents vis USPS and they send through Fed-Ex, which arrived... It's trackeable, so you could always call them and find out the status.... Mine was delayed 3 days at DAS, but then made it to it's destination.. 20 page document cost me $80 bucks to get there in 5 days...

Good thing for e-mail and traveling friends!

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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miamimike says on Jan 16, 2008, 22:51:

Msaucey--that same 20 page document you sent via FedX could have been sent thru Servientrega here in Miami for approx $20(maybe $25 MAX) with 2-3 day delivery, guaranteed, door to door delivery. Send your package to the Miami Servientrega via US parcel Post for a few bucks then servientrega will take it from there for the above price.

"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.

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jorgegdiaz says on Jan 17, 2008, 04:43:

Carrasco dude, that was not statistacally representative !!

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

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carrasco says on Jan 17, 2008, 19:57:

oki, thx for all the info,. and yes my next package will be like miamimike says, servientrega is,.

busca una mujer la cual digas la pude haber encontrado mas bella, pero no mejor.

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jan 17, 2008, 20:06:

This has been posted before, but it might be new to some. Colombia doesn't really have a national postal service like you might be accustomed to.

http://mostlywater.org/node/9941

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mrbitter says on Jan 29, 2008, 05:49:

Let me just say if you are sending anything of any value make sure you use a reputable carrier service like Fed-Ex and make sure its insured and expect to pay through the nose.. recently while in Cali, Colombia I was quoted over 60$ US to send 3 CD's without cases back to Hong Kong using Fed-Ex. The CD's were what I received instead of the mobile phone that was sent to me through Hong Kong Post with tracking number and which arrived two months late and was almost impossible to track in Colombia and after a week of attempts the package mysteriously arrived a day later upon learning of its whereabouts and with CD's in place of the phone in a obviously altered package. In another incident I had purchased a Sony Playstation 2 with several games and wireless controllers for my wife and kids in Colombia while I am working in Canada. It was sent not by me but a person in Puerto Rico using USPS, again with tracking number and insurance but after making a trip first to Miami in the US it arrived maybe a week after its expected date but missing the two wireless controllers but the rest was there including the two remote adapters needed for the wireless controllers to work on the playstation , so whoever stole the controllers I hope you enjoyed them or better yet gave them to your kids for christmas. So bottom line is if you not using Fed-Ex, DHL (which is even more expensive then Fed-Ex within Colombia) or some other somewhat reliable service your odds are 50/50 that it will get there and the more value the less likely it will arrive. At the costs and success rate I have experianced with sending things to my wife I now just wait until I make the trip and take things with me when I go and the money I don't give someone else to lose, steal or replace my packages pays for a good portion of my airfare :P

If God creates us all equal how come he made me so much better then anyone else?

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